This would seem to be my understanding of the most fair way handle
the ownership of areas:
1) The person who made the area owns it
2) If the creator wishes to modify or give the area to someone else
that's ok
3) The mud that implements the area has the rights to THAT COPY, and
can change it and hack at it as much as they like, the creator
has no say over what happens to it, but it cannot be given to
another mud, and the creator cannot ask for it back.
That would seem to be the basics, at least as I see em, if you wanna
disagree, go right ahead, I'm just hoping this can simplify matters.
Catch ya
Ender/Locke